Lost

Beached Sperm Whales, Gibraltar Point, Skegness

There's a strange sync with 'Gibraltar' at the moment. There have been dozens of earthquakes in the Straits of Gibraltar these past couple of weeks. How sad to see these dead and dying creatures of the sea lose their way and somehow come to rest at Gibraltar Point, near Skegness in the UK.

As it turns out, these are not the only ones in the area to have lost their bearings.

From the 'Lincolnshire Free Press/Spalding Guardian' newspaper we read...

Residents along the east coast of Britain are praying they will not see a repeat of the tragedies seen in Skegness and Hunstanton where six whales have now washed up on the beach.

Hundreds of people from all over the East Midlands flocked to Skegness to see three dead whales on Central Beach before they were removed to Sheffield for rendering last Wednesday. A fourth whale that beached of former Ministry of Defence (MOD) land in Wainfleet remains there and a fifth was removed from Hunstanton a week ago.

Today, as staff from the Hunstanton Sealife Centre worked to ease the suffering of another whale beached there at about 7.30am, residents were asking why whales keep straying into the North Sea - and will we again see a repeat of the distressing scenes of last week?

The whale that beached in Hunstanton this morning brings the total in Germany, the Netherlands, France and the UK to 29.

Rob Deaville, of the Zoological Society of London, was one of the officers who performed the autopsy of a whale in Skegness.

Mr Deaville was in touch with Hunstanton when the Skegness Standard spoke to him. He said “We are currently helping to manage the whale’s passing.

“It may be that it gets washed out alive in the high tide but the signs are not good."

“We are appealing to the public to stay away so the whale does not become any more distressed.
“Should the whale die we will again visit Hunstanton to try to understand why this keeps happening."

“There have now been 29 whales wash up and die in the North Sea and we are in contact with our colleagues in Germany, the Netherlands and France to try and find the answer.

“It is however still far too early to say whether the whales are part of one bachelor pod or separate pods are coming into the North Sea.”

On a different note today...

Japan's Sakurajima Volcano erupts

Catch a Falling Star?

Meteor flash at Chelyabinsk, Russia on 15 Feb. 2013

News from NASA: Jet Propulsion Lab, 4th January 2016

A small asteroid that two years ago flew past Earth at a comfortable distance of about 1.3 million miles (2 million kilometers) will safely fly by our planet again in a few weeks, though this time it may be much closer.

During the upcoming March 5 flyby, asteroid 2013 TX68 could fly past Earth as far out as 9 million miles (14 million kilometers) or as close as 11,000 miles (17,000 kilometers). The variation in possible closest approach distances is due to the wide range of possible trajectories for this object, since it was tracked for only a short time after discovery.

Scientists at NASA's Center for NEO Studies (CNEOS) at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, have determined there is no possibility that this object could impact Earth during the flyby next month. But they have identified an extremely remote chance that this small asteroid could impact on Sep. 28, 2017, with odds of no more than 1-in-250-million. Flybys in 2046 and 2097 have an even lower probability of impact.

"The possibilities of collision on any of the three future flyby dates are far too small to be of any real concern," said Paul Chodas, manager of CNEOS. "I fully expect any future observations to reduce the probability even more."

Asteroid 2013 TX68 is estimated to be about 100 feet (30 meters) in diameter. By comparison, the asteroid that broke up in the atmosphere over Chelyabinsk, Russia, three years ago was approximately 65 feet (20 meters) wide. If an asteroid the size of 2013 TX68 were to enter Earth's atmosphere, it would likely produce an air burst with about twice the energy of the Chelyabinsk event.

The asteroid was discovered by the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey on Oct. 6, 2013, as it approached Earth on the nighttime side. After three days of tracking, the asteroid passed into the daytime sky and could no longer be observed. Because it was not tracked for very long, scientists cannot predict its precise orbit around the sun, but they do know that it cannot impact Earth during its flyby next month.

"This asteroid's orbit is quite uncertain, and it will be hard to predict where to look for it," said Chodas. "There is a chance that the asteroid will be picked up by our asteroid search telescopes when it safely flies past us next month, providing us with data to more precisely define its orbit around the sun."

The X-Over

1951

The X-Files returns to UK screens very soon. It garnered 13.5 million views at first count, from last night's US debut on Fox. I'm eager to see it, or rather to see what they've done to it! The X seems to be all over the place lately, in one form or another. Synchronicity is a beautiful thing.

Nibiru in the news after the 9th planet was discovered...again. Faith and relying on mathematics could finally make this a definitive result for believers in the Planet X theory. That’s until we can develop technologically to the point where we can reach into Space and actually see the damn thing for ourselves.

Oh, and this apparently means it's the end of the world... again.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/planet-x-nibiru-headed-earth-doomsayers-article-1.2504846

From Wiki: Nibiru (also transliterated Neberu, Nebiru) is a term in the Akkadian language, translating to "crossing" or "point of transition", especially of rivers, i.e. river crossings or ferry-boats. In Babylonian astronomy, Nibiru (in cuneiformspelled né-bé-ru or ni-bi-rum) is a term of the equinox and its associated astronomical object(s).

From Wisegeek:  Nibiru, also referred to as Planet X or the 12th planet (?), is thought to be a distant planet in this solar system with a 3,600-year orbit around the sun. The name means "planet of the crossing," according to translations of ancient Sumerian writings.

The idea of this planet's existence has gained attention in recent years, following a hypothesis Zecheria Sitchin came to after analyzing ancient Sumerian writings documenting stories and pictures about man living among Gods on the Earth.

Nibiru?

According to this theory, the planet Nibiru was involved in a cataclysmic collision with a planet located between Mars and Jupiter, called Tiamat. It is said that this extraordinary event created the planet Earth, as well as the asteroid belt and the Moon.

The 9th Planet – via Science Magazine
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X: In algebra the letter 'x' is often used to represent an unknown quantity or variable. Similarly, in English, x represents the unknown, as in X-rays, which baffled their discoverer, and Malcolm X, who chose the symbol to represent the forgotten name of his African ancestors.

This meaning of the letter x traces back to the Arabic word for "thing," or šay'. In ancient texts, such as Al-Jabr, a manuscript written in (Iraq) Baghdad in 820 A.D. that established the rules of algebra, mathematical variables were called things. (An equation might read "three things equal 15," for example — the thing being five.)

When Al-Jabr was later translated into Old Spanish, the word šay' was written as "xei." This soon came to be abbreviated as x.

Just by coincidence, I caught up on an episode of “Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura”, as well as being reminded of the whole Skinwalker Ranch mystery...  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skinwalker_Ranch I found other great X connections...

Elon Reeve Musk (born June 28, 1971) is a South African-born Canadian-American business magnate, engineer, inventor and investor. He is the CEO and CTO of SpaceX, CEO and product architect of Tesla Motors, chairman of SolarCity, and co-chairman of OpenAI.

He is the founder of SpaceX and a co-founder of Zip2, PayPal, and Tesla Motors. He has also envisioned a conceptual high-speed transportation system known as the Hyperloop and has proposed a VTOL supersonic jet aircraft with electric fan propulsion. As of January 2016, he has an estimated net worth of US$12.4 billion, making him the 39th wealthiest person in the US.

Musk or Iron Man

Robert T. Bigelow (born 1945) is an American hotel and aerospace entrepreneur. He owns the hotel chain Budget Suites of America and is the founder of Bigelow Aerospace which uses a cartoonish 'Grey' as part of it's logo and is the owner of Skinwalker Ranch.

Bigelow Not Deuce Bigelow

The enigmatic Robert Bigelow – the SpaceX entrepreneur with a difference. That difference being his acute awareness, and not-so-subtle involvement in Ufology, and his personal goal of Space exploration, working with NASA to create‘off world’ living, and ultimately...  not-so-small goal of 'the survival of mankind'.

Falcon 9 not landing!

Not surprising to see news about the SpaceX Falcon 9 booster rocket craft trying to land on a floating barge in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. and Bigelow’s involvement with SpaceX, one of his largest investments. Recalling how it’s a similar piece of space debris that washed up on the shores of the Scilly Isles back last year… 

http://thesignificanceofr.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/x-marks-spot.html

Elon Musk, the billionaire that has changed the way the world works is a good friend of Bigelow’s – it’s more than a splendid coincidence when you see how everyone is connected. Musk calls the Falcon 9 his ‘baby’.

Musk’s name came up recently, yet again on the mainstream news, with talk of the impending market crash and world financial Armageddon, being one of the richest men in the world… Echoes of the 2008 disaster that is so brilliantly re-told in the latest Oscar-buzzed best-movie contender ‘The Big Short’ starring Christian Bale (aka Batman).

The Bale Bondsman... couldn't resist!

Credits: Wikipedia, Science Magazine, The Guardian online, Wisegeek, Youtube, Google, Fox

Someone who recently crossed over... RIP Glenn Frey of The Eagles...

The Man on the Moon Exits Through a Blackstar

A black star is a gravitational object composed of matter. It is a theoretical alternative to the black hole concept. The theoretical construct was created through the use of semiclassical gravity theory...

David Bowie's final album Blackstar, "a gift to his fans"

In Quantum Physics - Semiclassical gravity is the approximation to the theory of quantum gravity in which one treats matter fields as being quantum and the gravitational field as being classical.

Celebrity Big Brother Logo 2016 coincidentally uses the Blackstar symbol - The reality show features Angie Bowie, ex-wife of David Bowie, who is informed of his death and expresses her grief on live television!

Don't Blame It On The Sunshine...

Sunspot AR 2473. Just another eruption on the Sun, nothing to be alarmed about! Don't blame it for your severe weather, its not climate change or anything like that according to scientists, someone left the fridge door open again or sprayed too much cream on the Christmas pudding. If you wake up under 3 feet of snow or 2 meters of water, not to worry, it's just normal for this time of year. Oh, and Happy New Year!

No Veil Required - Secrets of the Mona Lisa Reveal Hidden Painting(S)

Hidden portrait(s) behind the Mona Lisa

Something 'other-worldly' in the background, but she's not looking at you.

The Mona Lisa was a Leonardo Di Vinci hidden gem that only a privileged few in elite circles were aware of back in 1506!

A re-touched version which experts argue shows the left shoulder-shawl denoting royalty or god-status. A scrubbed-out hair-pin crown, used only on religious icons, and the crossed hands, perhaps holding something blue.

The inspiration!

Mona; among other definitions, is a short name in old Italian for Madonna, or noble female
Lisa; among other definitions, means oath of God, daughter or worshiper of God

Find out more:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06ryn6l/secrets-of-the-mona-lisa

French scientist reveals hidden secrets of Di Vinci's most famous work of art..
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/artists/mona-lisa-discovery-scientist-claims-secret-second-portrait-of-r/

The Set Up

Tales of the West...

Sounds like a set-up, looks like a set-up, smells like a set-up... It doesn't take much to realise what this is all about. Emergency drills taking place in the vicinity, people hanging around believing it's just another drill, no word at all on the 'casualties', except the so-called 'shooters'...

SUV and 'dead body'

Eye witnesses report three shooters in heavy military-style armour, but only two found.

What 'radical Islamist' goes on a killing spree and protects own daughter, expects to survive and go home to Grandma? Seriously?

Set Up - 2011

What happened to the reports about 'face-masks'? What happened to the CBS report about a passenger being 'strapped in the BACK SEAT' of the bullet-ridden SUV?

Just another Set Up?

".... a lot of things don't make sense...."

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.
- 10news.com  -- One moment, Syed Rizwan Farook was sitting at a table with colleagues at a holiday gathering for county health employees. Then suddenly he disappeared, leaving his coat on his chair.

The next time his co-workers saw him, he was dressed in battle gear and wielding an assault rifle.

Farook, a 28-year-old county restaurant inspector, and his wife or fiancee, Tashfeen Malik, 27, slaughtered 14 people and seriously wounded more than a dozen others in a precision attack Wednesday at a social service center for the disabled before they were gunned down in an SUV a few miles away in a furious shootout with police.

Investigators Thursday were trying to learn why the couple left behind their baby daughter and went on the rampage — the nation's deadliest mass shooting since the Newtown, Connecticut, school tragedy three years ago that left 26 children and adults dead.

Among the possible motives, according to the FBI: some kind of workplace grudge or terrorism. But the bureau would not elaborate.

Farook was born in the U.S. to a Pakistani family and had been a San Bernardino County employee for five years, according to authorities. San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said he had no information on Malik's background. Relatives said Farook had traveled to Saudi Arabia to meet his wife.

Police and federal agents for a second day searched a home in neighboring Redlands, about 7 miles from the massacre at the Inland Regional Center. A black car parked outside was also searched.

The home is where officers initially saw a vehicle matching the description of the attackers' SUV in the hours before the final gunbattle. A bomb squad swept the home with robots Wednesday.

Police didn't immediately say if the couple had lived at the home. Public records show it is a possible residence of a Farook family member.

Residents told KABC-TV Redlands is a sleepy town and expressed shock that the killers might be their neighbors.

The attackers invaded the center about 60 miles east of Los Angeles around 11 a.m., opening fire in a conference area where county health officials were having an employee banquet.

"They came prepared to do what they did, as if they were on a mission," Burguan said.

Farook attended the banquet before leaving — and then returning to kill.

Co-worker Patrick Baccari said he was sitting at the same table as Farook, who suddenly disappeared. Baccari said that when the shooting started, he sought refuge in a bathroom and suffered minor wounds from shrapnel slicing through the wall.

The shooting lasted about five minutes, he said, and when he looked in the mirror he realized he was bleeding.

"If I hadn't been in the bathroom, I'd probably be laying dead on the floor," he said.

Baccari described Farook as reserved and said he showed no signs of unusual behavior. Earlier this year he traveled to Saudi Arabia and returned with a wife, later growing a beard, Baccari said.

The couple dropped off their 6-month-old daughter with relatives Wednesday morning, saying they had a doctor's appointment, Hussam Ayloush, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said after talking with family.

Farhan Khan, who is married to Farook's sister, told reporters that he last spoke to his brother-in-law about a week ago. Khan condemned the violence and said he had "absolutely no idea" why Farook would do such a thing.

Seventeen people were wounded, according to authorities. Ten were hospitalized in critical condition, and three in serious condition, Fire Chief Tom Hannemann said.

About four hours after the morning carnage, police hunting for the killers riddled a black SUV with gunfire in a shootout 2 miles from the social services center in this Southern California city of 214,000 people.

Farook and Malik were found with assault rifles and semi-automatic handguns, and were wearing "assault-style clothing" with ammunition attached, authorities said.

Three explosive devices — all connected to one another — were found at the social services center, police said.

Federal authorities said the two assault rifles and two handguns used in the violence had been bought legally, but they did not say how and when they got into the attackers' hands.